Hiatus Announcement! See you guys in October!

We are back in the world of The Bear again! Season Two finds the staff of The Bear reinventing both the restaurant and themselves. Join us as we dissect this thing episode by episode!Spoilers for season two of The Bear, season one of I Am A Virgo, season one of Abbott Elementary, and season four of The Chi.

For the final week of Anime August we are covering Miles' pick: Memories, Katsuhiro Otomo's 1995 collection of bizarre and fascinating shorts.Spoilers for Memories(1995) and for Ultimate X-Men (2001) Issue #41 (This now has the crown for our most obscure spoiler, handily dethroning last week's random Black Mirror episode.)

Anime August has brought us to Madge's pick: Netflix's Kid Cudi visual album: Entergalactic! Join us as we discuss modern romance, on-screen depictions of black love, today's Teflon music, f-boy culture, and the rise of rudeness in everyday life.Spoilers for Entergalactic (2022), Head of State (2003), and for Black Mirror, Series 4, Episode 4, "Hang the DJ" (our most obscure spoiler yet!).

We're continuing Anime August with Phil's pick: Digimon: The Movie from the year two thouzaaaannd! We discuss the logistics of cartoon fast travel, veer off into in depth video game discussion for about 10-15 minutes of the pod's runtime, and democratically elect Digimon: The Movie the victor of the Pokémon-Digimon Dance Battle!Spoilers for Digimon: The Movie.P.S. - Fun Fact: The Vandal Savage end times movie which Miles refers to in this pod was most likely 2012's Justice League: Doom.

We're continuing Anime August, with Gizmo's pick: Children of the Sea. We discuss its beautiful animation, unconventional heroine, and cosmological themes!Spoilers for Children of the Sea (2019).

Anime August is finally here, ya'll! Each member of the Penny Indies Crew will all be picking a favorite anime of ours to cover. This week is The Don's pick: Pokemon: The First Movie! Watch as the boys geek out, and I, Gizmo, discover that I have both more and less Pokemon knowledge than I thought I did!Big Boy Spoilers for Avatar: The Last Airbender!

As promised, we are rounding out Super July by covering Secret Invasion!Btw, no images were AI-generated in the making of this pod. The episode art for this and most of our other content is by our own Miles (aka Brother Ringo)! For more, go check him out at "brotherringo" and "thaplantshop" on IG!Spoilers for Secret Invasion (2023), The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022), Ms. Marvel (2022), She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022), Hawkeye (2021), Avenger's: Endgame (2019), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), and Counterpart (2017). Possible light spoilers for Daredevil (2015; Netflix Edition) and Game of Thrones (2011), just a hint on these, nothing serious.P.S. - Ben Mendelsohn is flagrantly and erroneously referred to as "a Brit" in this podcast. Let it be known that he is, in fact, an Aussie. (So, a Brit once removed, js.)

Here's a little mini ep regarding our unpopular opinions, mostly about properties dealing with super-powered individuals. Featuring round 2 of the "What exactly constitutes horror?" debate!

Join us in week three of Super July as we cover I Am A Virgo, an Amazon Prime offering from Boots Riley of Sorry To Bother You infamy. We discuss the rampant SYMBOLISM(!), go down a Walton Goggins rabbit hole for no apparent reason, and ponder the more unpleasant implications of super powers.